You can see how the country turned either blue (Leave) and yellow (Remain) depending on whether people wanted Britain to leave or stay part of the European Union.

And for a large part of the night - from around the point when 100 of the 382 areas had been counted - the Leave campaign held a slender majority over Remain right until the final votes were taken into account.

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Overall in the country, 'Leave' claimed 51.9% of the vote with 'Remain' at 48.1%, with London, Scotland and Northern Ireland backing staying in the EU but England and Wales voting strongly for 'Brexit'.